Arkhangel´sk
Soviet Steam merchant
Arkhangel´sk under her former name Uskvalley. Photo courtesy of Paul Johnson Collection
| Name | Arkhangel´sk | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,480 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | Severnoje Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (SGMP) | ||
| Homeport | Archangelsk | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Sep 1943 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-960 (Günther Heinrich) | ||
| Position | 76° 54'N, 92° 29'E - Grid XA 4897 | ||
| Complement | 42 (17 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | VA-18 | ||
| Route | Laptev Sea (30 Sep) - Enisej river | ||
| Cargo | Machinery equipment for the Norilsk plant | ||
| History | Completed in October 1929 as Uskvalley for Richard W. Jones & Co, Newport, Monmouthshire. 1939 sold to Soviet Union and renamed Arkhangel´sk. | ||
| Notes on event | At 07.50 hours on 30 Sep 1943, U-960 fired one FAT torpedo at convoy VA-18 40 miles west of Russkij Island and heard a detonation after 5 minutes 50 seconds. The Arkhangel´sk (Master G.G. Ermilov) was hit in hold #2 and settled on even keel, but after a minute broke in two before the bridge and sank within 5 minutes. 15 crew members were lost and 27 picked up by the Soviet minesweeper T-886 (No 31), but two of them later died. | ||
If you can help us with any additional information on this vessel then please contact us.